Golf tee



` citizen of the Redlands,

' place of. the dirt tee.

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eens man application mes January 1e, ieee. serial No. senseo.

.To alli whom t may con/oem: v Be it hewn that l, CHARLES A. Ronnie,l a United States, residing at in the countyof vSan Bernardino and State Vof California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Golf Tees, of which the following is a specication.

"s invention has to do with a tee for supporting a golf ball, or the like, and it is an object of the invention to provide a tee which is simple,

theprovision of a paper tee which folds flat so that it can be very 25; handled and carried easily and conveniently to form a particularly eective support. The tee in folding flat is very easily packed andihandled .and .is thereforeparticularly convenienti and desirable foruse.

Another noteworthy feature ,of the inf vention is the provision ,of a series or group ef tees which forms a sheet such as can be vboundinto a book, or thelike. The several v tees' of a group can be formed frein a single piece of papenorthe like, so' that they 'ref mainconnected until they are ,used 'lhe group of tees can be bound inta book". or

pamphlet, say for instance, a book of tees ora score boo and can beremoved or de# tached one by. one as, they are 'required' for ESQ@ rf i. Ainother noteworthy featureof the' inveni l'tion is e'ectivesupportsf the manner in which the tees lare formed so that they readily open out after having been folded. The tees readily open out so that they will stand firmly and forni The various objects and features 'of` the invention twill; be best and more fully understood from the following detailed deof e invention throughout which reference isha'd' to the accompanying drawings in `.whidh:

Fig. 1 isa perspective view of a; score and which opens out ,inventionlthat the -creases 11 be 180 around ther tee,

scrptiou of a typical preferred embodimentA book showing series orv'groups of tees provided by the present inventionbound with the leaves of the book; Fig. 2 is'a view showing a series or group of'tees similar to those shown bound into thebookin Fig. l; '60

Fig.'v 3 is a plan or end view of one of the tees in its opened out-or'operating condition ,r Fig. 4 in abollapsedor folded condition; and Fig.

'5 is a view showing a tee provided by the e5 present invention supporting a ball; the tee being shown inv sections.`

. rlhe tee l0 provided by the present invention isla" tube of paper,or the like, suciently long to support a ball the desired distance 7o above the ground and sulciently large o'r wide across to lsecurely -or effectively Supe port the ball. ln accordance with the "inventionv the tee has longitudinal folds or creases ll and l2 which allow it to be folded fiat as 75 illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4 and to be openedout so that itiis substantially square in'cross sectional configuration' as illustrated in Fi s. 3 and 5. ln the particular form lof 't e invention illustrated inthe drawings the 8o vtwocreases l1 are at the edges ofthe sheet tl@ creases l2 are at the middle ofthe strip, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4. It ispre-l ferred, althoughnot necessary in aecord-l S5 ance with the broadery aspect vof the present apart and thatl the'creases 12 be half way between thefcreases ll so 4that they alsov are lSOPapart. around 'the tee. arrangement and spacing of the creases causes the tee to take the form of a square when openedout, as illustrated in Fig. 3. It will be obvious how, in accordance with the broader aspects' of the present invention, es

the Atee mi ht 'be provided with a greater .or less numer of creasesthan l have herein Vspecied' so that ,it will fold somewhat differently than l have herein set forth and will be somewhat different inshape whenf iop `opened out than .the particular tee hereinset ,o forth. In practice it is Ordinar-1l desirable that'the teehave onlyvfour fol s the -two'r folds 11 and the two folds 12, and that .the

foldsbe arranged and spaced substantiallyios as I have hereinset forth. 4.In Aaccordance with the pre erred.- formf of the inventlonj the 'folds 11 are distinctly ,formed in the' tee when it is manufactured so that the tee al-' ways thereafter yhas .Inorev orless tendency 110 ,is a plan or end view of a teeJ 1 strip formed when the tee isfolded whileh' d This4 90` P to openout the folded condition illustrated 'in Fig.. d and therefore is readily l `l which can. he readily .evenly s openedjwhenrequired for use.

- ln' vaccordance with the invention the tees ldnuay-heformed' in-fseries or groups. by taking 'a comparatively Jlong tube A of the proper anddividing or laying it out into a plurality ofparts by heavily stampedf lines or rows. of

'lhe rows perforations 13.

the tube .13 of perforations aretransverse of A and divide -it into bygtearing along .therows or perforations. ln the -tuhe A'- hown bound into the.' hook in: Fig.

.and are so spaced vthat the tube 1s" `videdinto'a plurality. of' tees l0 of average height.

trated in Fig.` 2 there aretwo spaced rows oflperforations at the points of divisionpf the tees softhat teesv of diderent heights can the diderentrows loe obvious llowV be had hy tearing along vof perforations.- flt 'will ftees of various sizmay be had witha suitf` able 'number .arrangement r rows of 'perforations Whena tee has `heen [several tees i' between theleaves l5 vof .the tees are ineorporated aj plurality of. tees 10 detached. .or separated l' the rows er perforations arev la the /tube A. illusorspacing of."

easily opened up tothe condition illustrated seriesI he madoby. rows offA and convem" hooker pamphlet; ln f Fig., "l lshowseveral seriesof tees bound a score hook.' This .is a particularly eonvenie t arrangement ae the score hoolr eo infonet that they do not inconvenience the player in any way. Although rovided hy the ormed of paper it is. to'loe .understood that l do not specically 'limit myself tothe use of paper as' itis obvious that other similar materialsA mi ht he advantageously used.

fhlurthers the tubes A which'ane'divided for forming several tees,and in at a 'the' purpose of fact the tees' themselves, [may tubes of paper, or

he seamlese wise suitably connected to form tuhee'.-

jlromthe foregoing descrip .inspection of the drawings 1t ous that Vthe tee particularly .convenient an the lilre, or may loe sheets' f of paper with their edges lappedor otherwill loe olivi-y provided loy the-'present invention is. extely simple, inexpensive v .electiveg and l hereinabove#reifen-tothe tees 1 present invention as loeinguta ma ram desirable for use.'

Having descr'hed ment -ofiny invention l do not wishto limit myself to the particular details hereinabove set forth but; wish those skilled in the artl within the-scope ofv the'following claim.

only atypical emloodi.

to neserve to myself any "changes or variations that-may' appear to orwhich may' fallv Having described a preferred emhodi-- ,ment of my invention', l' elaiin.:

A. hall tee, embodying a dattened paper tube with creases-'at the folded edges ofthe dattened tube andl other creasesintermedrsaid last' mentioned n ng l()V v@failli-Sit.' lill@ llllhl/Blllll-lllllldt e creases, creases ten to: ope-n outwardly into a substantially squarevformation; J

witness'that g have .hereunto'suhscriloed my naine thin ft-h 'day of'lanuary 1922." 1' "i fr errantes einem.: Wmgw qflo l claim the foregoing lv- 

